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First post here and have only shot a few cityscape panos, but I'm hooked. It seems I like sunset shots from pretty extreme locations. I rented a NN5 from BorrowLenses but it came in with some pieces missing, so I had to rig it to work. I'm not sure I got a true evaluation of its stability. The shots turned out well (http://carrollmorganphoto.com/category/skylines/) but I was very concerned about the wind shake in spite of weighting down the tripod and blocking the camera with my body.

It seems like the Ultimate M1-L might be more solid, and I like the Arca Swiss mounting. I understand there is another Ultimate in the works...is that even sturdier?

I have a shoot this week, and rather than rent again I would rather purchase. I shoot Nikon D3s with 14-24 and 70-200. Is it possible to purchase something that will work by Thursday? Obviously, I need input on what to buy.

Try to talk to Bill about your problem. May be they have NN5 RD16 available. Do not get an NN5L because of the weight of your big boys and I like the "Click stop" of the NN5 upper rotator. Otherwise you could ask for a NN4, slightly modifications in upper rotator - 7.5° stops - and rails are a bit shorter. As you already know Upper rail set is 122 for 14-24 @ zoom 14. This should work with the short side of the CP-2 baseplate mounted to the back f the camera. I hope I can test it this evening when UPS is in time.

You can later add on the M1- series by buying one without rotator. You can fix it to the RD16 later on. I am sure you can sell NN5 without rotator easily.

You are right, in extreme wind exposed places like yours on the elevens floor, the system moves a little bit. Because of this I now use a Feisol tripod CT-3372LV.